Tie and rail-fastener.



Patented Nov. 28, 1911 INVENTOR. R066 Bean l WITNESSES ATTORNEYJ \TOLUMBIA FLANOGRAPH CO., WASHINGTON, D. L

TIE AND RAIL-FASTENER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be'itknown that I, Ross BEAM, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Johnstown, in the county of Cambria and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ties and Rail-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to ties and rail fasteners, and the objects of my invention are to substitute concrete for wood and thereby increase the longevity of a cross tie at a minimum cost, and to furnish the tie with a rail fastener that will preserve the alinement of rails and the gage of a track.

Further objects of my invention are to provide a tie possessing suflicient strength and firmness to support the great weight of rolling stock, and to provide a rail fastener that can be installed by unskilled labor and repeatedly adjusted to compensate for wear.

These and such other objects as may hereinafter appear are attained by a mechanical construction that will be hereinafter specifically described and then claimed.

Reference will now be had to the drawing, wherein like numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, in which Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a portion of a tie, Fig. 2 is a similar view illustrating a fastener designed as a rail joint, Fig. 3 is a plan of a portion of the tie and rail fastener shown in Fig. 1, Fig. 4: is a cross sectional view of the tie and rail fastener, Fig. 5 isa perspective view of a detached outer fastener, and Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a detached tie plate.

A tie in accordance with this invention comprises an oblong concrete body 1 having the same dimensions as the present type of wooden tie, and this body, adjacent to each end thereof, is provided with a vertical opening 2 for an inner fastener and a vertical opening 3 and a slot 4 for an outer fastener. The top of the tie has a seat 5 for a metallic tie plate 6 having the upper face thereof flush with the top of the body 1. The tie plate 6 has openings 7 and 8 registering with the openings 2 and 3 respectively. This tie plate, between the openings 7 and 8, is adapted to support the base flanges 9 and 10 of a rail 11.

To retain the base flanges 9 and 10 upon the tie plate 6, outer and inner fasteners Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 18, 1911.

Patented Nov. 28, 1911.

Serial No. 644,752.

are employed. The outer fastener comprises a flat member 12 having the inner end thereof provided with a flange 13 overlapping the outer base flange 10 of the rail 11. The outer end of the member 12 has a depending arm 14 dorresponding in width to said member and adapted to fit in the vertical slot 1 of the tie. The member 12, adjacent to the flange 13 thereof, has another depending arm 15 of a less width than the member 12, said arm extending through the opening 8 into the opening 3. The arms 14; and 15 have longitudinally alining openings 16 for a purpose that will presently appear. The inner fastener comprises a flat member 17 having a flange 18 overlapping the inner flange 9 of the rail 11. The member 17 has a depending arm 19 extending through the opening 7 into the opening 2, said arm snugly fitting therein and having an opening 20. The openings 16 and 20 longitudinally aline with a bore 21 extending from one end of the body to the opposite end thereof, and arranged in this bore is a tie rod 22having the ends thereof screw threaded, as at 23 for nuts 24;. The screw threaded ends of the tie rod protrude from the ends of the body 1 and interposed between the nuts 24 and the end of the body 1 are washers 25 and transverse bars 26, said washers and said bars being arranged upon the tie rod with the washers 25 engaging the arm 1 1 of the outer fastener.

In Fig. 2 of the drawing the flanges 13 and 18 have integral splice bars 27 adapted to brace the confronting ends of two rails arranged upon the tie.

The openings 2 and 3 are rectangular in cross section with the opening 3 having a larger cross sectional area than the opening 2, and the inner fasteners determine the gage of the track, while the outer fasteners can be adjusted in the openings 3 and the slots 4;.

It is thought that the manner of assembling the rail fasteners will be understood without further description, and while in the drawing there is illustrated a preferred embodiment of the invention, it is to be understood that the structural elements thereof are susceptible of such changes and variations as fall within the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is 1. In a tie and rail fastener, a concrete body provided with vertical openings and vertical slots at the end thereof, tie plates mounted upon said body and having openings registering with the openings of said body and adapted to support rails, fastener members engaging the base flanges of the rails upon said tie, depending arms extending into said members and extending into the openings and slots of said body, a tie rod arranged longitudinally of said body, nuts screwed upon the ends of said tie rod, transverse bars mounted upon the ends of said tie rod and cooperating with said rod in retaining the outer fastener members upon said body.

2. In a tie and rail fastener, a concrete body adapted to support rails, inner fastener members having depending arms arranged in said. body, outer fastener members having depending arms extending into said body and extending downwardly at the ends of said body, a tie rod arranged longitudinally of said body and extending through said arms, and transverse bars arranged at the ends of said body and cooperating with said tie rod in retaining the outer fasteners in position upon said body.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ROSS BEAM. Witnesses:

HELEN BURRELL, IV. S. KRIsE.

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